IWC Pilot's Watch Double Chronograph Top Gun Ceratanium For SIHH 2019
Among several models introduced ahead of the watch industry trade show SIHH 2019, IWC has announced a new version of its Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph watch in their deep black “Ceratanium” material. Just as it sounds, the IWC Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph Top Gun Ceratanium uses a high-tech material combining ceramic and titanium, and the material’s dark finish extends right across the design and other elements for an overall “phantom” effect. This is not the first Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph Top Gun nor is it the first IWC watch to use Ceratanium, but what is new is that the two have come together for the brand’s first Pilot’s Watch in this material.Ceratanium was introduced just last year in 2017 with the IWC Aquatimer Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month watch, so it is still relatively new. Apparently, the material is naturally the matte black you see here, and we may not be seeing a range of colors as we do w
Vacheron Constantin Harmony Dual Time Watch Hands-On
You can hear the crashing dismissals of watch cynics around the globe every time a long-lived, much-loved manufacturer releases a new watch for the world to pour over: “it’s just the same thing in a new case”; “no one needs a watch these days”; “why does it cost so much?” By releasing the Vacheron Constantin Harmony Dual Time watch, the storied watch manufacturer has surely ruined the critics’ fun; you see, here is a watch that, in my opinion, hits the mark over and over again. From its classically-styled, cushion-shaped case to its soul-stirring in-house movement, the Vacheron Constantin Harmony Dual Time unabashedly celebrates the brand’s traditions. In an era where a conscious duality, encompassing the old and the new, is so often extolled, Vacheron have the confidence and, quite frankly, the expertise to throw newness to the wind.The Vacheron Constantin Harmony Dual Time watch utilizes centuries of experience and technical refin